Improvement in pessaries



UNITED STATES 4Pa'r'nrrr OFFICE.

HERMAN H. CHRISTIE, OF HERKIMER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PESSARIES.

Speclcationforming part of Letters Patent No. 59,556, dated November 13, 1866.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN H. CHRISTIE, of the town of Herkimer, in the county ot' Herkimer and State ot' New York, have invented a new and useful Instrument for Supporting the Uterus in the disease known as prolapsus nteri.

I call my invvn tion Christ-ies Uterine Supporter, and I do herfby declare that the followingI is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ot' the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ot' this specilication, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of the instrument with the parts united, and Fig. 2 is a view of the same with the parts detached from each other.

My invention consists in the curved pearshaped tube ay b c d, perforated with small holes at the upper end, a. e e is a rim or flange surrounding the lower end ot' the tube described above. g h is the handle attached to the tube inside the rim or lia-nge c e by means of the screwf. (Seen in Fig. 2.)

The tube c b c d should be made of silver or india'rubber, or any other substance which is not affected by moisture. The handle can be made of any metallic substance, of india-rubber, or gutta-percha.

The tube a b c d is to be introduced into the uterus by means of the handle g h. After itis introduced the handle can be separated from the tube, thereby leaving the lower end ot' the tube open. Y

The os sincae, or mouth of the womb, contracts around the small part d of the tube, by which means the instrument is kept in the position in which it is to be worn, and thus preventing the uterus from falling over in any direction. This instrument can be worn without the least injury or inconvenience, the secretions of the uterus passing into the tube through the perforations at the upper end, a, and escaping through the aperture formed by the removing of the handle from the lower end.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The curved pear-shaped tube a. b c d, perforated atI the upper end, a, and opened at the lower end within the liange ori-im e c by removing the handle g h, constructed and used in the manner described in this specification.

HERMAN HV. CHRISTIE. 

